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No. 74,199. Patented Feb. 11, 1868.

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SETH E. CLAPP, 0F CAMBRIDGE, ASS-IGNOR-TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES L. RIDGWAY, ,OF' BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS PM No. 74,199, am February 11, 1868,.

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To ALL wnom IT MAY concsnm Be it known that I, Sm E. CLAPP, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesen, nud State of Massachusetts,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corkscrews; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon. Y v

To enable others skilled in the art to make and'use my invention, I will proceed to describe its nature and construction.

The nature of my invention consists in mcking'u joint in the shank of a corkscrew, and combining with the upper part of the shank a sleeve, which may slip down over the joint in such a manner as to prevent the shank from 'hending while the screw is being turned into the cork. Baid sleeve has pivoted to it a short-stud,

the lower end ofwhich may rest uponthe upper edge of the neck of the bottle, while the joint at the upper 'end' of the stud will serve as e fulcrum for the upper part of the shank, which acts as a lever for drawingthe cork.

. Drdwz'nge.- V Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the corkscrew se it appears while thercork is'bein'gdrawn from the hettlc. i

- Figure 2 is an elevation of the corkscremshowing itus it appears when ready for insertion into'the cork. In the drawings, B represents the shank of the corkscrew pivoted at L, fig. 1, to the screw proper, C, E'is c. sleeve, which, when the shank B is brought into line with the screw C, may be pushed downward-so as to cover the joint L, and take the position as shown in fig. 2, in which case it serves to prevent tlishunk from bending, in the scm'e manner that the. sleeve of a pnrasol prevents the handle from bending. Attached to the sleeve E, by means of the pin K, is the stud F. The use of this stud will be understood cnumiuntlon of fig. 1.- Thu's, afterI have turned the corkscrew well into the cork, as represented, the-sleeve I: slipped up beyond the joint, and the shank B is bent over until the lower end of the'stud rests on the top of the bottle, as shown at H. Now, if we continue to press downward upolrApusing B as clever, the cork will be drawn from the bottle. I) is a smell stud in the shank B, to prevent the sleeve E from sliding too far up the shank,

Having thus described my invention, I will now proceed to-st forth my claim. lflhet I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, inf The sleeve E and stud F, or their mechanical equivalent, in combination with the jointed corkscrew B C, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

v SETH'E, CLAPP.

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